Mission Statement
The mission of the Ethnic Services Committee is to ensure that mental health services meet the increasing mental health needs of diverse cultural, linguistic, racial and ethnic populations, and to actively address the conditions that contribute to and are indicators of the need for relevant, high quality mental health services.
- CMHDA Ethnic Services Committee - In-Person Meeting
- Wednesday, February 10, 2009 (9am - 12pm)
Riverside Convention Center
3443 Orange St, Riverside, CA 92501
- Please RSVP to Megan Montgomery, mmontgomery@cmhda.org, by Tuesday, February 9, 2010.
- Note: Due to logistics, a conference line will not be available for this meeting.
- 2010 California Mental Health Policy Forum
"National Healthcare Reform: Implications for California"
Committee Leadership
- Alfredo Aguirre, LCSW – Co-Chair
San Diego County
- Jo Ann Johnson, LCSW – Co-Chair
Sacramento County
- Stephanie Welch, MSW – CMHDA Contact
swelch@cmhda.org
- Megan Montgomery - CMHDA Administrative Contact
mmontgomery@cmhda.org
Regional Leadership
- Nelson Jim - Bay Region Co-Chair
Director of Cultural Competency and Client Relations
San Francisco Department of Public Health
nelson.jim@sfdph.org
- Hugo Lucero - Bay Region Co-Chair
Cultural Competence/Ethnic Services Manager
Mental Health Division – City of Berkeley
hlucero@ci.berkeley.ca.us
- Marla Ford, LCSW, MPA - Central Region Co-Chair
CC/ES Manager & MHSA Consortium Coordinator
San Joaquin County Mental Health
mford@sjcbhs.org
- Jo Ann Johnson, LCSW - Central Region Co-Chair
Cultural Competence/E.S. Program Manager
Sacramento County Division of Mental Health
johnsonj@saccounty.net
- Veronica Kelley, LCSW - Southern Region Chair
Service Chief/ Ethnic Serv. Coordinator
Orange County Behavioral Health Services
vkelley@ochca.com
- Elizabeth Gowan, MFT - Superior Region Chair
MHSA Coordinator, Program Manager
Butte County Department of Behavioral Health
egowan@buttecounty.net
Committee Information